Cork City to have major new hospital by 2024

Westfield Office Quarter in Ballincollig could be considered as a potential option for the location of a new elective hospital in Cork. File picture.

Cork City is set to have a major new hospital up and running by 2024 under plans being progressed by Sláintecare, as part of an ambitious health service reform programme.

Commercial property consultants Quinn Agnew completed city-wide trawls of potential sites and premises in Cork, Dublin, and Galway, before Christmas on behalf of Sláintecare’s elective hospitals oversight group.